Get started using monetization

How to begin

After the initial set up (see Set up monetization), you can start using monetization. There are some basic tasks that you need to perform before you perform any other monetization-related tasks. The basic tasks are:

Add subsidiaries and sub-organizations. Do this only if your organization is a group organization, that is, it has subsidiaries or sub-organizations that it wants to differentiate in its rate plans and transaction records. See Add subsidiaries and sub-organizations for details.

Add terms and conditions (T&C's) that developers must accept before they can purchase your rate plans. See Specify terms and conditions for details.

Add or delete currencies to or from the currencies initially set up for your organization. See Manage supported currencies for details.

Add bank account information for billing and invoices. You only need to do this if you want monetization to generate billing documents and you plan to support postpaid developers. See Add bank accounts for details.

In the next topic, you'll learn how to edit (and otherwise manage) your organization profile. So that's the place to start.

You have two ways to interact with monetization. You can issue calls to the monetization API or you can make selections and entries in the management UI — monetization adds menus to the management UI to request monetization-related services. The Toolkit section in each topic shows you how to make requests using both techniques, if available (some actions can only be requested using API calls).

Click Edit on the Organization Profile page, and enter the following information.

Field

Description

Operator/Organization

Operator/Organization Structure

Indicates whether you are using monetization as a group operator or organization (with subsidiaries or sub-organizations) or as an individual operator or organization (without subsidiaries or sub-organizations). This field is pre-set by the configuration team when they set up monetization for your company. The field reflects your organization structure for monetization (not necessarily your actual registered organization structure). You only need a group structure if you want to differentiate your rate plans or transaction records by subsidiary or sub-organization.

Name and Information

Operator/Organization Name

The name of your organization.

Detailed descriptions are provided for each field in the UI.

If you make direct calls to the API: The instructions include sample API calls displayed as simple cURL commands. You should be able to copy and paste these commands into your command-line terminal.